Well put, Curt.
BK
On Sep 15, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Curt Olson wrote:
> Bernie Krause wrote:
>
> > ...that gets back to my original question, James. What's the
> > distinction between "realism" and "impressionism?"
>
> I'll chime in to say that the term "realism" sends my thinking along
> the lines of targeted species recordings and fairly straight-ahead
> ambient soundscapes, while "impressionism" brings to mind more
> abstract
> "sound art" that may include bits and pieces of the above along with
> possibly other sound elements and often more extreme processing.
>
> Bernie wisely concluded:
>
> > One (in sound) is either a good illusionist, or not. To me nothing
> > about the end product matters more.
>
> This point has been made here many times before that sound
> recording is
> entirely an illusion. I suspect that perhaps one thing that makes
> for a
> good illusionist in this craft might be managing the expectations of
> the listener by the totality of how a recording is packaged and
> presented.
>
> Curt Olson
>
>
>
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